The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has introduced stricter eligibility criteria for PhD scholars, making participation in at least three national and one international conference or seminar mandatory before the award of a doctoral degree.
The decision was taken during the 227th meeting of the Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB), chaired by Vice Chancellor Prof. Ahsan Waheed Rathore. The move is part of the university’s efforts to improve the quality of research and postgraduate education.
During the meeting, the board also approved four new competency-based PhD programs in Medical Education, Nursing, Oral Biology and Public Health.
It also endorsed a revised Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) curriculum and approved the Certificate in Comprehensive Family Medicine Practice and Emergency Care (CCFP-EC) program.
The newly approved PhD Nursing program, developed under the NURTURE Framework, focuses on clinical leadership, research, teaching, health care policy and professional ethics.
It includes 500 hours of clinical residency, 200 hours of teaching residency, competency-based training and compulsory life-saving skills workshops.
The PhD program in Public Health has been designed to address disease prevention, health promotion, health systems strengthening, implementation science, community-based research and the use of artificial intelligence in public health.
Meanwhile, the PhD Oral Biology curriculum covers advanced subjects such as craniofacial developmental biology, regenerative dentistry, stem cell research, biomaterials, dental forensic sciences, oral microbiology and oral immunology to strengthen research capacity in dental sciences.
The newly approved six-month CCFP-EC program aims to improve the clinical skills of general practitioners through blended learning, supervised clinical attachments, emergency care training and mandatory life-saving skills workshops in line with World Health Organization recommendations for primary health care.
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